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Tamta Gelashvili @tamtagelashvili.bsky.social · 18h

The final paper of my PhD is now out in @democratization.bsky.social! I ask how and why regime type impacts far-right mobilization. My starting point was a paradox: the far right is global, yet most of what we know about it comes from research on a handful of countries in Western Europe 1/9

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Far right mobilization in hybrid regimes: evidence from Georgia and Ukraine

How and why does regime type impact far-right mobilization? Most of our knowledge about the far right comes from studies of Western democracies, leaving far-right mobilization in hybrid regimes und...

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Sofia Ammassari @ammassarisofia.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Oslo was 🔥 On Monday morning, @duncanmcdonnell.com & I discussed findings from our new book, “Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right”, and our YOUMEM project at the European Wergeland Centre, which does great work to strengthen democratic resilience and civic education among young people.

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Stefan Müller @stefanmueller.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our School of Politics and International Relations at @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring two permanent (!) Assistant Professors in any field of political science, international relations, political theory, or development. Deadline: 9 November Start date: 30 August 2027 my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2), UCD School of Politics and International Relations, Permanent
Applications are invited for a permanent post of a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Politics and International Relations (x2) within UCD School of Politics and International Relations.

The UCD School of Politics & International Relations (SPIRe) is a globally ranked, research-active school with teaching and research expertise across the fields of political science, international relations, normative political theory, international development, and other areas. It is committed to the highest standards in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research supervision. The school is home to a number of research centres, and further information can be found at: https://www.ucd.ie/spire/about/

95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above The Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €66,055 - €104,600 per annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 9th November 2026.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 24/09/2026

Landing in Bergen, where at 2 pm today, I’ll be giving a research seminar on our new book "Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right" at @sampol.bsky.social in the University of Bergen.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 22/09/2026

Thanks Philip! We're looking forward to moving down once we're back from Europe.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 22/09/2026

Recently, I clocked up two important milestones: my 12th anniversary in Australia and my departure from Griffith University, where I'd spent all those 12 years. Spurred on by this, I've written a post on LinkedIn. I'm calling it “The ties that no longer bind”. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 14/09/2026

This is the 7th article from our YOUMEM project, a comparative survey of over 5,000 youth wing members from 6 countries. The database with all responses has been free for other researchers to use since January 2026. Please feel free to make use of it! dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/ha...

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 14/09/2026

We've a new YOUMEM article out in Party Politics! Led by Henrik Seeberg, it looks at youth wing members' personal efficacy. We find this is associated with higher levels of: - member activism - youth wings' integration into the party - intra-party democracy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 09/09/2026

Yesterday morning, @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & I had a lot of fun presenting our new books at #ECPR26. Huge thanks to everyone who came, but especially to our discussants @caterinafr.bsky.social & @stijntvankessel.bsky.social, and our chair @leoniedejonge.bsky.social. You were great!

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 08/09/2026

This morning at 9.00 am, I’m discussing “Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right” on a book panel in the opening session of #ecpr26: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... It’s the first of 5 events about the book we’ll be doing over the next 6 weeks. See below for more details. If you’re around, come along!

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 07/09/2026

Tomorrow at 9.00 am, I’ll be discussing “Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right” on a book panel in the opening session of #ecpr26: ecpr.eu/Events/Event... It’s the first of 5 events about the book we’ll be doing over the next 6 weeks. See below for more details. If you’re around, come along!

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 05/09/2026

Starting the long trek to Kraków for the @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference. Have to say that the book selection at Brisbane Airport has really improved! 😀

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Sofia Ammassari @ammassarisofia.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s book tour time 💓 📖 🤸 I’m very excited to be heading back to Europe tomorrow for a little tour to talk about “Grassroots Women in the Populist Radical Right”!

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 03/09/2026

The introduction to “Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right” is free to download! It begins with the story of Erwan Le Gouëllec, a Front National youth wing leader from 2000, whom I became mildly obsessed with. If you read the chapter, you’ll see why ;-) academic.oup.com/book/62992/c...

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Introduction

Abstract. The first chapter introduces the main topics of the book, in addition to presenting the cases, methods, and key findings. Having discussed their

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 01/09/2026

At 9.00 next Tuesday at #ECPR2026, @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & I will talk about our new books - on grassroots women and on young people in the radical right. With @caterinafr.bsky.social & @stijntvankessel.bsky.social discussing, and @leoniedejonge.bsky.social chairing, it should be lively!

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 27/08/2026

I should have included a reference to "The Archers"!

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just arrived. Can’t wait to read it. And @duncanmcdonnell.com has clearly got a handle on my pet peeves. 😱

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 25/08/2026

I know you can't expect people to be able to keep up with Italian party name changes, but I'm baffled to see people questioning Meloni and Fratelli d'Italia's roots in the Italian extreme right. Folks, the clue's in the flame.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 25/08/2026

Yep. Joined its youth wing Fronte della Gioventù, then became leader of the successor youth wing. Said things like this in those days: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWx5...

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Giorgia Meloni e Mussolini - Soir 3 (France 3) - 1996

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 24/08/2026

Sofia & I will be talking about the book at a number of events in Europe over the next couple of months, starting at the ECPR General Conference in Kraków in September. There will also be presentations in Bergen, Oslo, Sussex and Queen Mary University of London. Come along if you're nearby!

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 24/08/2026

And they are key to their parties’ futures, providing the members, representatives & leaders of the PRR tomorrow. Just think of some of the current generation of PRR politicians who came through their youth wings, usually as leaders: Åkesson, Bardella, Messerschmidt, Meloni, Salvini, van Grieken.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 24/08/2026

We argue that PRR youth wings are Janus-faced institutions. Far from being peripheral bodies whose relevance lies in the future, they are central to their parties in the present, acting as motors of mobilisation, socialisation, internationalisation, professionalisation and normalisation.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 24/08/2026

Co-authored with @ammassarisofia.bsky.social, Ann-Cathrine Jungar, @arjupskas.bsky.social, & @casmudde.bsky.social, our book is the first in English to look at youth wings. We examine those of 10 PRR parties, using interviews with leaders, surveys & party documents. academic.oup.com/book/62992

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Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right

Abstract. Many of today’s populist radical right (PRR) leaders in Europe came through their party’s youth wings. Yet, we know little about these organizati

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 24/08/2026

My copies of "Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right" finally made it to Australia. It's always nice to see the physical copy of your book. Especially when the journey from idea to publication took over a decade. I'm glad we persevered though, as I'm very proud of this. 🧵A wee thread below...

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 12/08/2026

For decades, youth wings rarely got more than a footnote in studies of party organisation, despite their importance for both the present and futures of parties. Now, there's an increasing amount of good work coming out about them, including this new study by the stars of Aarhus ⬇️

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 12/08/2026

A proud moment. The first time I see a citation of my work that is AI-hallucinated. Marco & I did publish an article in 2014. But it was about technocrats and it came out in EJPR. Thankfully, we did not write anything about defining populism (especially since we now know it does not exist).

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The best YouTube channel ever made has just dropped another of the best YouTube videos ever made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGt7...

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Johnny Depp's Bed

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 23/07/2026

I still prefer Kilmurvey Beach on Inis Mór in the Aran Islands on a warm day…

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 23/07/2026

It’s only a wee beach but, with a bit of effort, we can make it work. [Moorea, French Polynesia]

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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Still amazing to see this final product of a long and testing process. Thanks again to @duncanmcdonnell.com & @ammassarisofia.bsky.social for saving this project and turning all our work into a great book. 🙏 If you are interested in discussing the interesting findings, interview Duncan & Sofia!

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 15/07/2026

I've always found this very weird. Earlier this year, I had an online chat with Glyn Davis (in Melbourne) from the Glyn Davis building at Griffith. I told him and he asked whether he should go over to the Glyn Davis building at UniMelb to continue the conversation.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Been seven years since I first read this, on the English language's *completely universal but totally invisible* adjective hierarchy, and I can honestly say I've thought about it most days since.

Adjectives in English absolutely have to be in this order: opinion-size-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose Noun. So you da. Have a lovely little old rectangular green French silver whittling knife. But if you mess with that word order in the slightest you'll sound like a maniac. It's an odd thing that every English speaker uses that list, but almost none of us could write it out. And since since comes before colour, green great dragons can't exist."
- Mark Forsyth, quote from The Elements of Eloquence: How to turn the Perfect English Phrase

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 30/06/2026

There are at least two cities I like there!

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 30/06/2026

I’ll be discussing our new book “Youth Wings of the Populist Radical Right” while on fieldwork in Europe later this year: 8/9: ECPR 🇵🇱 24/9: Bergen 🇳🇴 29/9: Oslo 🇳🇴 1/10: Sussex 🇬🇧 7/10: QMUL 🇬🇧 There’s room for 1 or 2 more, especially in England. If anyone is keen to host one, do get in touch!

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 24/06/2026

Our article “The Inverted Hierarchy: How Public Bias Can Favor Potential Indigenous Candidates” has been published in the ‘Countering Inequality’ special section of the latest issue of @poppublicsphere.bsky.social. 🎉 See the earlier thread from Josh below about what we did & what we think it means.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 19/06/2026

Looks interesting! Is there a draft paper available?

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Alexandre Afonso @alexandreafonso.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I made a small visualisation of the birthplace and nation represented of players at the World Cup. Stunning 96(!) players born in France. You can play with it here: claude.ai/public/artif...

Network diagram on a dark green background titled "The Birthplace Map: World Cup 2026 Squads," with the subtitle "node size = degree (players + countries connected)." Gold circles represent the 48 World Cup nations and smaller grey-green circles represent countries that only supplied players without fielding their own team, positioned roughly according to real-world geography (Americas on the left, Africa and Europe in the center, Asia and Oceania on the right). Curved green lines connect birth countries to the nations players represent, with thicker lines indicating more players. France is the largest node by far, connected to 15 countries totaling 76 players, including thick lines to Algeria, Haiti, Senegal, Congo DR, and Côte d'Ivoire. The Netherlands is the second-largest hub, with an especially thick line to Curaçao (26 players). Other notable hubs include Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Morocco, and the United Kingdom (split into England and Scotland). A legend at the bottom explains the gold/grey node colors and the line-width scale; a footer credits the source as worldcup.csv, 1,248 squad entries, 282 cross-border players.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 18/06/2026

Coming up later today...my third conference presentation since Tuesday. I'll be talking about our YOUMEM project survey of over 5,000 youth wing members in 6 countries and how other researchers can use the dataset which we've made public and free to use.

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Sofia Ammassari @ammassarisofia.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

🥁 Exciting news: on 1 September I’ll start a new job as a Senior Lecturer at @flindersuniversity.bsky.social in Adelaide! I’ll be in good company: @duncanmcdonnell.com will be joining the same day as a Matthew Flinders Professor. In early 2027, @fravittonetto.bsky.social will begin as a post doc.

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · 17/06/2026

Thanks Matthijs - see you very soon in Belfast!

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